answering the blog
Hi all, thanks for your comments. Since writing my last entry on Friday I’ve been back to the bay area from asia, and then flew to Texas for the SID Display Week conference www.sid.org. I keynoted this business conference this morning (Monday) and have been demoing the display most of the day. Please hang on for answers to your questions! I’ll try to put more pictures up soon, but attached is a high resolution one of the 3qi display compared to my kindle display.
Kindle and 3qi display with backlight off - side by side
- Mary Lou
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E-ink is officially dead. This is the birth of a proper beginning.
I hope that I can put this screen into the Apple Tablet that has been rumored for a while now.
It’s amazing how this device is coming along.
The 3qi display looks quite good. In my opinion, it looks better then the E Ink display used in the Kindle. But there is a tradeoff: the 3qi display does consume a little bit of power in reflective mode. This tradeoff is one that I am willing to take to get a full color backlit mode and very low-power color reflective mode combined in one. I look forward to getting a 10.1-inch netbook with a 3qi display!
I like the screenshot but I cannot help noticing it is running Windows. The Aspire One also comes with Linux. After what MS attempted to do to OLPC, I am surprised that PixelQi of all people would be testing their displays with windows.
Will the COMPUTEX display model be running Windows as well? It seems rather contradictory to use a deprecated OS to demonstrate bleeding edge technology.
But, if it is a multipurpose device, you might find yourself recharging it every night… and if it consumes less power than current displays, imagine 22 hour netbooks.
Ohhh man, if this screen is as small as my acer one netbook, this is really small. How much battery last? Please please tell us.
Does it works with Ubuntu?